A classic piece merged with a spiritual

Title: Everytime I Feel The Spirit
From the album "Alleluia" on Light Records LS-5721
Arranger: Dino Kartsonakis

I have so much to be thankful for, that I don't know where to start, but maybe I should start with the 5th Commandment, in Exodus 20. "Honor your father and your mother." I'm so grateful that both my parents and grandparents were Christians. In fact, one of my great-grandfathers was miraculously healed of cancer through the prayer of a pastor in Zion, IL. That's why we lived near there.

One day, while playing the piano at Mayo Hospital, a man came up when I finished and thanked me. He also told me that he had gone to Bible school with Dino Kartsonakis, and helped Dino with some of his piano arrangements. Later I learned that the workers at Ravenscroft Pianos, nearby, are building a special piano for Dino. You can hear one of their pianos if you go to my website and click on "Music". I was able to play one for a previous concert I did. They're wonderful pianos! I like this arrangement because it starts with a serious, sad classic and then jumps to a spiritual. The lyrics are so good! How can I not be thankful?

Lyrics:
Upon the mountain when my God spoke,
out of God’s mouth came fire and smoke.
All around me, it looked so fine,
I asked my Lord if all was mine.

Jordan River, chilly and cold,
it chills the body, but not the soul.
There ain’t but one train that’s on this track,
it runs to heaven and runs right back

Ev’ry time I feel the Spirit
moving in my heart, I will pray.
Yes, ev’ry time I feel the Spirit
moving in my heart, I will pray.